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No. 300,817. 'Patented June 24, 1884.

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EDVARD XVALKER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

TAILORS PRESSING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,817, dated June 24, 1884.

Application filed March 16, 1883. (No model.)

- To all whom, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD \VALKER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Tailors Pressing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved machine for tailors use in pressing and ironing articles of clothing.

. The invention consists in a pressing or ironin g machine constructed with an ironing board mounted on a carriage adapted to run on a table, above which ironing-board a smoothingiron is pivoted in a frame suspended from a weighted lever, which is connected with or can be operated by a foot-lever underneath the table, the above-mentioned carriage having chains attached to the ends and wound in opposite directions on a drum mounted in a shaft provided with a crank-handle. The double smoothing-iron consists of two smoothingirons provided with side bars, and having trunnions, one of which trunnions is provided with a slot, through which a gas-pipe passes for heating the smoothing-iron, and the other trunnion is provided with a crank-handle for revolving the smoothing-iron and adjusting it in the desired position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of my improved tailors pressing-machine, the foot-lever being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional elevation of the same on the line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the ironing-table. elevation of my improved revolving double pressing-iron.

A table, A, is provided at the ends with folding wings B, having folding legs 0, so that the table will not occupy much space when not in use. The tableA is provided with two longitudinal tracks, a, which also run over the wings on which tracks wheels I) of a plat- ,form or carriage, D, run, which platform is provided at one end with a fixed standard, and at the opposite end with a standard, E, held to slide in the direction of the length of the platform between two longitudinal guide- Fig. 4 is an end should be covered with fabric, flannel, 850., in

the-usual manner.

To each end of the car or movable platform D a'chain, G, is attached, which chains are wound in opposite directions around a drum, H, mounted on a transverse shaft, J, journaled below the table A, and provided at the front of the table with a crank-handle, K, whereby, by turning the crank-handle K in one direc tion or the other,the car or platform D can be moved in the direction of its length in one direction or the other, as may be desired. A horizontal frame, L, projecting over the top of the table, is attached to the upper end of a standard, L, secured to the rear of the table, which frame L is provided in the outer ends of its side bars with recesses for receiving the hollow trunnions lWLprojeoting from side bars N, connecting two smoothing-iron, O, the smoothing-faces of which project in opposite directions. The double smoothing-iron thus formed is journaled in a U-shaped hanger or frame P,suspended from the end of a lever, Q, pivoted on a standard, Q, on the frame L. The outer endthat is, the end toward the front of the machine--01 the lever Q is provided with a weight, R, and to the inner end of the said lever Q a cord or chain, S, is attached, which passes over pulleys hand Zon the frame of the table, and is attached to a foot-lever, T, the end of which projects from the front of the table. One trunnion, M, is provided in its end with a slot, WV, parallel to the bars N, and through the said slot a gaspipe, U, projects into the recess or hollow formed by the side bars,N, and the smoothingirons 0. One or more burners are secured on that part of the pipe U within the smoothingiron, and a piece of wire-gauze, V, is held above the burners to insure a thorough con1- bustion of the gas and to prevent the smoothing-iron from being soiled by smoke or soot. The other trunnion of the double smoothingiron is provided with a crank-handle, Y. The

, very great pressure, and at present considerapressing the smoothing-iron on the article.

double smoothing-iron can be turned on the] transverse central axis, which passes through the'middle of the trunnions by means of the crank-handle Y, so that one smoothing-iron can be heated while the other is being used that is, while the smoothing-surface of one smoothing-iron faces downward the opposite surface of the other smoothing-iron is being heated by the flames of the burners in the pipe U. The slot WV permits of raising the smoothing-iron without striking against the pipe U.

The operation is as follows The ironingboard F is raised from the standard E, and the article to be ironed is placed on the same, or the board is passed into the said article. For instance, the board can be passed into the sleeve of a coat, &c., and the board is then placed back on the standard E. The free end of the ironing-board can project a greater or less distance from the free end of the standard E, according to the manner in "which the stand ard E is adj usted-that is, according as it is adjusted a greater or less distance from the free end of the standard E. By this means a coat-sleeve may be ironed on the end of the board projecting beyond standard E, leaving the garment to be turned and handled more freely. Ordinarily-the smoothing-iron is held raised by passing the foot-lever T into a notch, m, in one of the standards of the table; but after the ironing-board on which the article to be pressed is held has been passed under the smoothing-iron, the outer end of the bar T is removed from the notch m, thereby permitting the weight R to press the frame P down ward, the weight R acting on the frame and The ironing-board is then moved forward and back under the smoothing-iron, which rests on it, by turning the crank-handle K alternately in opposite directions until the article has been pressed, ironed, and smoothed sufficient- 1y. Then the smoothingiron is raised and is turned so that the other iron, 0, willbe heated, and another article can be placed on the ironing-board.

Seams, &c., must be ironed or pressed under ble time and labor are spent by tailors in pressing and smoothing seams. By means of my improved smoothing-iron any seams, &c., can be pressed and smoothed in a few moments and no time is lost in heating the irons, as one iron is being heated while the other is being used.

Gasoline or some other burning-fluid may be used in place of gas to heat the smoothing-iron. Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A stationary table having horizontal 'guideways, an ironing-table provided with devices to engage said ways, and means for reciprocating said table thereon, a stand fixed upon said stationary table provided with horizontal arms having vertical guides, a smoothing-iron located between said guides, and a post fixed to the reciprocating table at one end and a groove along a portion of the other end, in combination with a press-board loosely pivoted on the fixed post, provided with a rib on its under side, and a post adjustable in said groove having a slot in its top shaped to re ceive the rib of the press-board, as described.

2. The combination, with a stationary table,

an ironing-table mounted to reciprocate there-- on, and a post provided with vertical guideways fixed to said table, of atwo-faced hollow smoothing iron having trunnions engaging said guideways, means for reciprocating said iron in said ways, a vertical slot or aperture through one of said trunnions to the hollow interior of said smoothing-iron, and a fixed pipe entering said iron through said aperture, substantially as described, whereby the smoothing-iron may be heated by a gas-jet from the pipe in its interior, the pipe and its burner may be permanent fixtures, and yet the smoothing-iron may be vertically reciprocated without disturbing or moving said pipe, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the table D, the ironing-board F, and means for supporting and reciprocating the same, of the vertical post L, fixed to the frame of the machine, the horizontal frame L, supported thereon, and having vertical recesses in its arms, the vertical post Q, secured to frame L, the lever Q, pivoted in post Q, and means, substantially as specified, for operating the same, the hanger-frame P, attached tolever Q, the smoothing-irons O, the

bars N, connecting them, and the trunnions M on said bars j ournaled in the frame P and resting against the sides of said vertical recesses in frame L, as shown and described.

EDWVARD \VALKER.

\Vitnesses OSCAR F. GUNZ, O. Send-W101i. 

